GDLive Newsfeed
We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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8 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying a sewing machine, and rolls of cloth, so that I can set up a tailoring and dress making business. I know tailoring, but currently I am only using another person's sewing machine as I don't have one of my own. "
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8 years ago
Roseline
received a $494 second payment.
"Am not stressed anymore because am now in the process of having a better house and am eating good foods."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Lucy
received a $494 second payment.
"Other NGOs who initiate projects in the community take a very long time before they can give any assistance to the community members enrolled in that project, while GD sent the transfers at the time that they stated they would."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Hosline
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy ironsheet ,timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house for my family."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Caroline
received a $494 second payment.
"GD tells us the truth but other organizations lie to us by disappearing with what's meant for us."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Mary
received a $494 second payment.
"Since I built the toilet, I have been relieved from the shame of going to the bush whenever my family and I were going to answer calls of nature."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Kasim
received a $494 second payment.
"I used to rent a house at the market center but now i have built a house and live in my own compound."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Pamela
received a $494 second payment.
"Gd sends transfers to individual HH and they are able to meet several needs with this transfer, while other NGOs issue very few items to the beneficiaries which is always not enough for them to meet their needs."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Mary
received a $494 second payment.
"I bought 30 iron sheets at 18,000 KES, used 2,000 KES on nails and transportation, paid 5,000 KES loan, a dozen of plates at 500 KES, one water tank at 1,500 KES, used 15,000 KES to restart a fingerlings business and am still having 7,000 KES in my Mpesa account which I want to add to the L2 and use to construct a good house."
(Occupation: Small business)
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8 years ago
Aphlona
received a $494 second payment.
"I built a semi-permanent house-my kitchen with 20 iron sheets that cost me 20000 KES of my first lumpsum transfer and we invested the remaining 30000 KES in carpentry business."
(Occupation: Small business)
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